|
VIPSA’s multi-lingual mushaaira
attracts massive interest
WSN Network
 MILPITAS: Vishav Punjabi Sahit Academy of California organized a
Multi Lingual Kavi-Darbar (Mushaaira/Poetry Recital) at Milpitas
Community Library, recently that attracted a large number of
literary enthusiasts from all South Asian communities and was well
attended by prominent Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu poets.
The program started with a welcome note by Chairman of Academy’s Bay
Area unit Resham Sidhu who stressed upon the need to bring people
together rising above the narrow divisions and develop common bonds
by sharing our life experiences through literary works. Academy’s
general secretary Jagjit Naushehrvi introduced to audience the
distinguished poets Sham Narain Shukla (Hindi), Tashi Zaheer (Urdu),
Dr. Gurumel Sidhu, Dr. Sohinder Bir (India), Gurdit Singh Kang,
Resham Sidhu and Prof Sarbjit S Aulakh (India) and invited them to
stage to preside over the function.
Program was conducted by renowned Urdu poetess from Pakistan Miss
Noshi Gilani who started the Mushaaira by saying that only language
of poetry is the language of love and we are here today to express
ourselves through our poetry. She invited the poets to recite their
poems intermingling the Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi verses creating a
very captivating environment. The function was gifted with a very
patient and literarily matured audience who applauded at every good
verse with claps and calls for reciting it again. Poems presented
formed a wide variety of genre which included ghazals, nazams,
songs, humor, romantic as well as poems written in multiple
languages. Many of the poets presented their poems by singing (in
tarannum).
Function was attended by Hindi poets Sham Narain Shukla, Neelu
Gupta, Brahmanand Pandey, Archana Pandey, Nirmala Shukla, Davindra
Shukla; Urdu poets Tashi Zaheer, Noshi Gilani, Ram Narain Raunki,
Nasir Himayun, Azad Jallandhari, Ishar Singh Moman and Punjabi poets
Dr. Sohinder Bir (India), Gurdit Singh Kang, Dr Gurumel Sidhu,
Kulwinder, Surinder Seerat, Resham Sidhu, Gurcharan Singh Falak,
Darshan Nat, Kamal Banga, Dilawar Chahal, Jagjit Naushehrvi,
Amandeep Boparai, Karamjit Singh Noor, Prof Sarbjit Singh Aulakh
(India), Harjinder Kang and Sukhi Dhaliwal.
Famous Punjabi singer Sukhdev Sahil and Sarabjit Kaur Bhasin
(visiting from India) presented some very impressive pieces from
Shiv Kumar Batalvi collection, Punjabi Sufi poetry and folklore.
Community activist Sardar Vikram Singh thanked all the poets and
VIPSA organizing committee for putting together such a wonderful
program. Audience were so enthralled by the poetic environment that
progam ran into after hours of the library’s closing time.
13 August, 2008
|
Read Also